The 2012 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Cuba, 2012

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Reference ID

CUB_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Office of Statistics of the Republic of Cuba, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Jul 30, 2025

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Aug 01, 2025

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Roof main material (CU2012A_ROOF)

Data file: CUB2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 183

End: 183

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h1">Section III. Private housing data</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 1-16]</p>

<p>5. What is the main material in the home's...</p>
<div class="i1">(Only mark one per subsection)</div><div class="i1">A) the roof?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Concrete sheet or slab<br />[] 2 Beam and slab<br />[] 3 Wood and mud shingle<br />[] 4 Wood and tar paper<br />[] 5 Fiber cement sheet<br />[] 6 Metallic plate<br />[] 7 Wood and palm leaf <br />[] 8 Other</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Concrete sheet or slab
2	Beam and slab
3	Wood and mud shingle
4	Wood and tar paper
5	Fiber cement sheet
6	Metallic plate
7	Wood and palm leaf
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the main material of the roof.

Universe

Cuba 2012: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.1%]

concept

Concept

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